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what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
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Help finding a gameHope some of you clever chaps could help. After a world war three game, where basically you had a set of missiles you could choose where to launch o…
@Andy Gurr: Wargames was made for the small Atari console, I think 7800 or XL series. Not sure which one because I had luck to never own a Atari. [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] -
what made the spectrum.........what in your opinion made the zx spectrum's so popular in the 80's and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave
... often compared to a glorified console. But that isn't true ... -
Spectrum collecting and nostalgia.I have recently started to buy and collect old Spectrum games and thought that it would be easy, but easy it is not. Well I say not because on auctio…
... Speccy 128k was my first console when I was about 4 ... -
Prices of old games/consolesHas any1 seen the latest issue of Edge magazine with the list of old games/consoles/computers and their prices? A boxed Speccy seemed pretty reasona…
Would have been the Neo Geo version Fraser as the coin-op and console were EXACTLY the same machine.
Was Metal Slug the shoot'em up in the style of Zaxxon, or amI thinking of something else? -
slightly different question - how long ago did you pack away the speccy ?if at all ;) personally I think I was about 19 when it, and all the games, went into storage - SNES and PCs etc took over. I'm 32 now, and only in …
... for a while as the console scene never impressed me then ... -
speccy 128kI have a spectrum 128k that seems to work fine and load games ok. When I power it on for the first time I get the usual options screen, no problem. B…
... working before on an old console of mine (NES, I think ... -
Tape to Tap, or Tzx!!!!!!Who can tell me, where can I get Windows-based program to load my tapes into PC's TAP or TZX files??? Thank you. [email="digitinteg2000@mail.ru"]dig…
MakeTZX is a Win32 console app from Ramsoft which will do just that... I use it myself (b'coz of soundcard issues with DOS) There is also a GUI frontend available... both from the archive at this site I believe! -
what made the spectrum.........what in your opinion made the zx spectrum's so popular in the 80's and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave
... the Spectrum was a glofied console in many ways. I got ... of usuable OS in their console packages. The software will practically ... -
speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…
The console wars are as close as we have these days.
Of course, I put myself right in the firing line - I'm an Xbox fan and proud owner. :) -
speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…
... are quite right about the console wars being the closest thing ... -
slightly different question - how long ago did you pack away the speccy ?if at all ;) personally I think I was about 19 when it, and all the games, went into storage - SNES and PCs etc took over. I'm 32 now, and only in …
... dreamcast will be the next console to go into the chest ... -
Great Giana SistersDid that game or a demo of it ever see the light of day? I know it wasn't released due to similarites with mario bros, but has it ever leaked out ove…
... ever had this.. but not console games becoz companies has to ... in many facts, and in console systems Mastertronic were never had ... -
Someone knows the name of this game ?I remember an old game of kung-fu where in the first 3 or 4 screen you played against another man and after you played with two kung-fu men. I rememb…
... games ... I never got a console but I could bring as ... -
girls and speccy gamesit seems that most if not all of us on here are boys (ok so some are men) and i can only recall 1 girl ever posting on here and if your not a girl Sm…
... play on a computer or console is athletics. Most of my ... -
What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
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Colecovision (My fave old console)
Spectrum 48k+
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whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... , longer than any other computer/console ever. By 1990 it was ... -
Speccy emulation on Xbox?With different consoles now being the home of Speccy emulation (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and Dreamcast, to name but three), has anyone heard any…
But the hard drive makes it the perfect console to be able to successfully emulate the chuntey.
Probably.
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whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
My favourite retro console was the SNES.
Super Mario Kart and Secret Of Mana were the best consoles games ever. -
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... atari VCS - the 1st real console/computer I ever owned - happy ... -
We need a new Spectrum!As it seems that all the rumours of Sir Clive working on a new machine are nothing more than just vapourware, dont you think its about time we start…
... Uncle Clive to release a console based on Speccy hardware. Gotta ... touting as a next generation console!!
Halo, pah!!! Half ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... with laughable scams like that console version they did. -
Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
... ? A kid gets an Atari console for christmas from his dad ... -
Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
I remember there have been some tv ads in italy too about speccy in the late '80s or early '90s, when Amstrad tried to relaunch Spectrum with the Laser Gun trying pathetically to contrast the console market... and of course nobody bought it... umpf. -
crashHi , anyone got a particular favourite issue of the superb magazine crash , mines issue 13 , just brings memories of xmas back and a cool review of m…
... ] regarded their machine as a console with a keyboard. And have ... -
Playing cassette tapes on ZX Spectrum + 3 Hi to all Could anyone confirm can you connect a tape player and play the casette games on it ? ? I think you can but are not to sure Thanks
... on an Atari wooden looking console? I'll not say what ... -
Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
Anyone seen the current advert with a dog playing Space invaders on an Atari wooden looking console? I'll not say what the advert is for for a little competition.
Fraser. -
Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
... school'. I pity the games console generation, they just can't ... -
Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
... adverts for for the Philips console? Can't remember the name ... for the console but I remember the advert ...